Five Diaries of Teenagers Who Died in the Holocaust
Entry One - Introduction (p. 4-11) March 17, 2011
In the Introduction of this book, the author, Jacob Boas, summarizes what Adolf Hitler did and how he terrorized the Jews. It shows how Adolf blames the Jews for all of Germany's problems and how he calls all Germans the "master race." The author does a good job explaining how the Jews tried to blend in with others to avoid persecution. However, that did not work. Adolf Hitler believed in racial theories, or the idea that people were born with intellectual, moral, and physical traits that stay with you for life. He also believed that girls were not equal to boys, they were just for housekeeping and breeding. Finally, Jacob Boas tells us that one of Hitler's goals was to create a school that he called Ordensburgen. This school was known as a school for barbarians by others. Its goal was to teach young men to be violently active, dominating, and brutal. Jacob Boas portrays Hitler as a bitter man who did not care for others. I think that he did a good job in his summary.
1. moral code - code that everyone is expected to live by 2. ethical - in accordance to rules and standards 3. doctrine - particular principle as taught by a government or religion 4. aftermath - something that results or follows an event 5. wholesale - the sale of goods in a quantity
Entry Two - The Beginning of David (p. 12-24) March 18, 2011
In this part of the book, we meet our first victim, David Rubinowicz. He was a boy from Kielce, Poland. David was born on July 27, 1927, and he had a younger brother and sister. His parents names were Josek and Tauba, and the whole family lived on one of Kielce's main streets. Every once in a while, David would visit his uncle nearby. However, on one particular visit, David learned of the deportation of Jews. He had never heard this term before, so it came as a surprise to him. In 1941, a German soldier came and announced that his parents leave. They came back in two days, saying they were sent to "temporary custody," so they would not scare their kids. After that, the Germans made several visits to their home, and they were not pleasant. Soon, David had a fear of walking in the streets, because he knew he could get robbed. Finally, this section ends with David finding out that all Jews have to evacuate their ghetto and find somewhere else to live.
1. bilberry - fruit of a shrubby species of plant 2. midge - numerous minute insects 3. edict - a decree issued by an authority of some sort 4. manacle - shackle for the hand 5. mincer - to cut or chop into small pieces
Entry Three - David Meets His End (p. 25-37) March 21, 2011
David was devastated that all of the Jews had to relocate out of their home and move somewhere else. Pretty soon, the evacuation began. The Rubinowicz's tried to hurry and sell off several of their items for money that they would need sometime in the near future. Most of their Polish neighbors felt bad for them, and so they tried to help them in any way possible. Finally, it was their turn. On March 12, 1942, the Rubinowicz family moved to their new home of Bodzentyn. They soon found out that it was not a very nice community, and before long they were robbed. Within weeks of them moving to the new town, a notice was put up. It said that all men that were between the ages of 12 and 69 must sign up on a sheet to apply for work at a labor camp. David and his father had to sign the list. Everywhere they went after that, they were always in fear of being taken by the German officers roaming about. The police had begun their "collection" process of the workers that were required. On May 6, 1942, it happened. David's father was found and had been selected to report to a labor camp called Skarzysko. He was taken away in a wagon. Soon after, David was collected and taken to Treblinka, never to be heard from again.
1. hundredweight - a unit of avoirdupois commonly equal to 100 pounds 2. stifled - to suppress or end by force 3. flustered - a state of agitated confusion 4. requisitioning - the authoritative or formal demand to have something done 5. zlotys - a nickel coin and monetary unit of Poland equal to 100 groszy
Entry Four - Yitzhak Rudashevski's Childhood (p. 38-48) March 22, 2011
Yitzhak Rudashevski was a young Jewish boy from the city of Vilna. Born on December 10, 1927, he was an average child. He attended school regularly, and he also learned to speak Yiddish as well as Polish. In 1940, when Yitzhak was 13 years old, the Soviets came and invaded their town. To all of the Jews, this was a relief. As a matter of fact, Yitzhak rather admired the Red Army soldiers of the Soviet Union. He thought they would be good because he thought Communism would be the end of his persecution. He was wrong. Before long, the German soldiers came and the Soviets fled like fleas. The Nazis began to terrorize the Jews right away and soon the deportation to labor camps began. Also, the non-Jewish members of their town had not forgotten that the Jewish people had supported the Soviet rule. Soon, they too were fighting against the Jews. At the end of this section, it shows Yitzhak in fear of being recruited by the Nazi soldiers.
1. shirtsleeved - not wearing a jacket or informally dressed 2. bulwark - a wall of earth or other material built for defense 3. provisional - serving for the time being only 4. aloof - at a distance or apart 5. marauders - people who roam or go about in quest of plunder
Entry Five - A New Home (p. 49-60) March 24, 2011
On August 31, 1941, Yitzhak and his people were given a degree. It said that no Jews were allowed to be outside of their home from 3 p.m. to 10 a.m. Over the next couple days, thousands of Jews were taken, but no one knew where. Soon the answer became clear. They had been taken to Ponar, a nearby village, and shot to death. Soon after, another law was passed saying that all of the Jews in the city of Vilna were to move to a new ghetto a few miles away. Yitzhak was placed in a small room crammed with 11 people. On the second night, the Germans came in and invaded their privacy and took whatever they wanted. When the holiest holiday on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, came around, the Germans kidnapped thousand of Jews from Ghetto One and completely exterminated Ghetto Two. Next came the job passes. If you didn't have a yellow job pass by the time the deadline came, you and your family were gone. Luckily, Yitzhak's mother came across one of the rare yellow passes and they were allowed to live. For the time being.
1. buffer - something at the end of a railroad car 2. imploring - to beg urgently or piteously 3. purges - to rid of what is impure or undesirable 4. blintz - a thin cake rolled around a filling that is cooked 5. coexist - to exist together or at the same time
Entry Six - Things are Looking Up (p. 61-70) April 4, 2011
Soon after the circulation of the yellow passes finished, something else tragic happened. Yitzhak's favorite childhood teacher, Gershteyn died. He was loved by all of his students, and his death came as a heavy, heavy loss. He was buried on September 27, 1942. Almost exactly one month later, a new "club" opened for young students. Here, they could study and learn from various teachers from around the ghetto who wanted their young minds to become more dignified. It was a great place to be, and everyone had a good time there. On December 11, 1942, the club managed to get enough help to put together a small party. There was said to enough fun and food to go around! The next month, the scholars chose Yitzhak to be one of the helpers, or information gatherers, on their new History Research project. The goal was to collect as much information about the ghetto's occupants as possible, such as where they lived or what their job was. Most people were happy to reply; they thought it was good for the community if they did it. The section ends with Yitzhak giving a speech to several people in a home to try and persuade them to take the survey.
1. capitalism - an economic system where investment and distribution is controlled by one person or company 2. masthead - a line on the front page of a newspaper giving the name of the publication 3. exulted - to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy 4. folklore - the traditional beliefs, legends, or customs, of a certain people 5. zealously - filled of or inspired by an intense enthusiasm
Entry Seven - Yitzhak Learns the Truth (p. 71-80) April 7, 2011
Overall, Yitzhak was a good student. He got mostly A's and B's, so he did just fine in school and understood everything. One thing that he did not understand, was why people had to steal from one another. Even within the ghetto, people were stealing just so that they could have more food for themselves. This ended up getting even more people killed because they were willing to kill for what they wanted and needed. Yitzhak's final entry appeared on April 7, 1943, exactly 68 years ago. He sounds very confused and betrayed by his people. In the end, we learned that the final liquidation of his ghetto happened on September 23, 1943. No one was ever heard from again.
1. flog - to beat with a whip for punishment 2. knout - a whip with a lash of leather thongs 3. fragmentation - the breakdown of a thought or relationship 4. liquidation - the process of terminating 5. partisan - an adherent supporter of a person, group, or cause
Entry Eight - Hiding for Moshe (p. 81-96) April 7, 2011
Moshe Ze'ev Flinker was born in "The Hague" on October 9, 1926. He was in a family of five daughters and two sons and they all resided in Holland. He was 13 years old when the invasion of his home came about. In August 1941, he was no longer allowed at his old school. He was sent to an all Jewish school. About nine months later, the Stars of David came. He and his family were deep in shame along with other families as well. Soon, his father decided to take action. They snuck into Belgium to pass as "normal" Aryans. They got new ID tags and were successful in hiding. He was pretty happy and content because he was allowed to attend normal school and go to the movies like he used to. But then the time came where he had to lie about his name to some new friends that he had met. He felt extremely guilty and ashamed that he had to lie about his identity and who he was.
1. prohibition - an order or degree that prevents something from happening 2. semidivine - something more than mortal but less than ultimately perfect 3. ecstatic - a trancelike state of delight 4. wilt - to become limp or drooping 5. merit - a claim to excellence, respect, or worth
Entry Nine - Learning Something New (p. 109-114) April 11, 2011
Soon after going into hiding, Moshe began listening to the news. He wanted to become informed on everything that happened to his people. Moshe began to feel guilty that his people were suffering and he was getting off free. He decided that he wanted to become a diplomat for Israel when he got older. So, he began studying Arabic, a totally different language than what he knew. He was so sure that he would survive to reach his dreams. His final entry was undated and called Twilight, the hour of the Minha. It spoke of how we are all witnesses, and few of us have any courage to change that. On April 7, 1944, exactly one year after Yitzhak's entry was dated, he and his family were arrested. They were taken to Auschwitz where they were killed.
1. attain - to reach, achieve, or accomplish 2. forestall - to prevent or hinder by action 3. diplomat - someone appointed by the government to conduct negotiations 4. inferno - a place or region that resembles another bad place 5. deliverance - when a thought or judgment is expressed
Entry Ten - The Story ofÉva Heyman (p. 115-122) April 11, 2011
Éva Heyman was born on Friday the 13th. She was born on February 13, 1933, in Nagyvárad, Romania. In the 1940s, one out of every five people in her village were Jewish. Her family was very well off, as a matter of fact, they had a cook and even a governess. She was very curious and full of energy when she was young. She was even occasionally called annoying by her mother. Éva felt jealous of her mother sometimes because whenever she was in the room, not all of the attention was directed on her. Her mother also didn't pay as much attention to her as she would have liked.
1. prosperous - having financial success or good fortune 2. jubilant - showing great joy or triumph 3. prominent - standing out so to be seen easily 4. shrewd - sharp in practical matters 5. ethnography - a branch of anthropology dealing with individual cultures
Entry Eleven - The Day the Germans Came (p. 123-135) April 19, 2011
Éva wanted to become a photographer when she got older. As a child, she was actually very pretty. She had a charming smile, and she also had a boy she was convinced that she was in love with. But then, her world as she knew it ended. Her Uncle Béla was sent to Ukraine for "work." 15 months later he returned. Before long, her best friend, Márta was sent to Poland. She did not return. The next few months were crazy. Families were there one day and gone the next. On April 4, the stars of David were officially issued. Exactly one year later, Éva and her family were told they would have to move. They could have one change of clothes and only 110 lbs. of items to bring. Each.
1. assimilated - to absorb.. as in knowledge 2. swarthy - dark or dark feeling 3. massacre - the indiscriminate killing a large number of living beings 4. conscription - enrollment of persons for the military or navy 5. requisition - the act of demanding
Entry Twelve - Moving to their New Home (p. 136-148) April 19, 2011
It is now the beginning of May in my story. Before long, the police came knocking on the door. It was their turn to be moved. They were loaded into a wagon and were sent to 20 Szacsvay St. They were to share their "apartment" with 13 others. Each person was allowed one bowl of beans and up to seven ounces of bread per day. Any more than that and you would be accused of smuggling. After a few weeks in their new home, every single person received a note on their door. It was a list for more than 80 rules about what they could and couldn't do. Upset and angry more than ever, Éva now took to writing in her diary. She describes how she wishes that she could live somewhere where no one know of her religion. Where she was treated the same as everyone else. Little did she know about what the future held.
1. commission - an authoritative order or charge 2. euphoria - feeling a happiness or well being 3. compulsory - required or mandatory 4. accord - to be in agreement or harmony 5. wherefrom - from which; whence
Entry Thirteen - Two Stories (p. 149-160) April 23, 2011
It is the first week of June. At nine o'clock in the morning, Éva's train came for her and her family. They finally reached their destination a few days later. Éva was introduced to Dr. Josef Mengele. He was the cause of her death. Éva Heyman died on October 17, 1944 in Auschwitz.
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. Her family was quite wealthy, and so her and her older sister Margot, got spoiled very much. In October of 1941, something unexpected. The girls received a notice that they would have to switch schools. They were now going to have to go to a Jewish High School. When the posters went up about concentration camps, the Franks decided to go into hiding. They disappeared from the face of the Earth in July, 1942.
1. tram - a British streetcar 2. postwar - the period following a war 3. pampered - to be spoiled 4. aviator - a pilot of an airplane 5. boisterous - rough and noisy
Entry Fourteen - Problems in Hiding (p. 161-172) April 23, 2011
Anne was not happy. She felt that her parent did not understand her. She thought that they treated her as though she were a baby. During the first few weeks and months of hiding, she felt trapped and unable to breathe. However, as they stayed in there longer, she grew more accustomed to it and even wrote in her diary that it was amusing, fun, and interesting. Her fourteenth birthday came around. She thought that her family wouldn't, and couldn't do anything special like they used to. She prepared herself for perhaps a song and maybe a special treat. Imagine her surprise when she got a nice cake and plenty of presents! Anne said it was almost like she was back home, in the good old days.
1. twaddling - trivial or feeble talk or writing 2. distillation - the process of vaporation for puration or concentration 3. incessant - continuing without interruption 4. exuberant - lavishly and abundant 5. barbarous - uncivilized, wild or savage
Entry Fifteen - The Final Entry - (p.173-181) April 25, 2011
Anne Frank felt ashamed. She didn't understand why she could be safe and hidden from the rest of the world while her friends were likely starving and out on the streets or being deported to other camps. As she considers the idea, she begins to grasp the idea of religion an why they are in the annex. She says that everyone should have a religion, it didn't matter which one. She said if nothing else, it should be for "upholding one's honor and conscience." Pretty soon, we can see a change in Anne. She is more quiet and reserved. She is still very optimistic and happy, because she has now become friends with Peter Van Daan. She enjoys his company very much and finds him so much different than how he was at the very beginning. On July 15, 1944, she writes perhaps her most famous quote in her diary. "... because in spite of everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." She realizes that her time in the annex is so much more enjoyable with someone like Peter to talk to. However, less than two months later, the thing they had been dreading happened. The Nazis found them. Four of them came. The people in the annex were taken to the camp of Westerbork, which was a transit camp in Holland. The adults and Peter were taken to Auschwitz and Margot and Anne were separated and taken to Bergen-Belsen. There they died of typhus and starvation in the winter of 1945.
1. lament - to feel regret or sorrow 2, fervently - showing great warmth or intensity of spirit 3. disposition - one's natural emotional outlook or mood 4. aberration - differing from the normal course 5. transit - to pass across or through
Entry One - Introduction (p. 4-11)
March 17, 2011
In the Introduction of this book, the author, Jacob Boas, summarizes what Adolf Hitler did and how he terrorized the Jews. It shows how Adolf blames the Jews for all of Germany's problems and how he calls all Germans the "master race." The author does a good job explaining how the Jews tried to blend in with others to avoid persecution. However, that did not work. Adolf Hitler believed in racial theories, or the idea that people were born with intellectual, moral, and physical traits that stay with you for life. He also believed that girls were not equal to boys, they were just for housekeeping and breeding. Finally, Jacob Boas tells us that one of Hitler's goals was to create a school that he called Ordensburgen. This school was known as a school for barbarians by others. Its goal was to teach young men to be violently active, dominating, and brutal. Jacob Boas portrays Hitler as a bitter man who did not care for others. I think that he did a good job in his summary.
1. moral code - code that everyone is expected to live by
2. ethical - in accordance to rules and standards
3. doctrine - particular principle as taught by a government or religion
4. aftermath - something that results or follows an event
5. wholesale - the sale of goods in a quantity
Entry Two - The Beginning of David (p. 12-24)
March 18, 2011
In this part of the book, we meet our first victim, David Rubinowicz. He was a boy from Kielce, Poland. David was born on July 27, 1927, and he had a younger brother and sister. His parents names were Josek and Tauba, and the whole family lived on one of Kielce's main streets. Every once in a while, David would visit his uncle nearby. However, on one particular visit, David learned of the deportation of Jews. He had never heard this term before, so it came as a surprise to him. In 1941, a German soldier came and announced that his parents leave. They came back in two days, saying they were sent to "temporary custody," so they would not scare their kids. After that, the Germans made several visits to their home, and they were not pleasant. Soon, David had a fear of walking in the streets, because he knew he could get robbed. Finally, this section ends with David finding out that all Jews have to evacuate their ghetto and find somewhere else to live.
1. bilberry - fruit of a shrubby species of plant
2. midge - numerous minute insects
3. edict - a decree issued by an authority of some sort
4. manacle - shackle for the hand
5. mincer - to cut or chop into small pieces
Entry Three - David Meets His End (p. 25-37)
March 21, 2011
David was devastated that all of the Jews had to relocate out of their home and move somewhere else. Pretty soon, the evacuation began. The Rubinowicz's tried to hurry and sell off several of their items for money that they would need sometime in the near future. Most of their Polish neighbors felt bad for them, and so they tried to help them in any way possible. Finally, it was their turn. On March 12, 1942, the Rubinowicz family moved to their new home of Bodzentyn. They soon found out that it was not a very nice community, and before long they were robbed. Within weeks of them moving to the new town, a notice was put up. It said that all men that were between the ages of 12 and 69 must sign up on a sheet to apply for work at a labor camp. David and his father had to sign the list. Everywhere they went after that, they were always in fear of being taken by the German officers roaming about. The police had begun their "collection" process of the workers that were required. On May 6, 1942, it happened. David's father was found and had been selected to report to a labor camp called Skarzysko. He was taken away in a wagon. Soon after, David was collected and taken to Treblinka, never to be heard from again.
1. hundredweight - a unit of avoirdupois commonly equal to 100 pounds
2. stifled - to suppress or end by force
3. flustered - a state of agitated confusion
4. requisitioning - the authoritative or formal demand to have something done
5. zlotys - a nickel coin and monetary unit of Poland equal to 100 groszy
Entry Four - Yitzhak Rudashevski's Childhood (p. 38-48)
March 22, 2011
Yitzhak Rudashevski was a young Jewish boy from the city of Vilna. Born on December 10, 1927, he was an average child. He attended school regularly, and he also learned to speak Yiddish as well as Polish. In 1940, when Yitzhak was 13 years old, the Soviets came and invaded their town. To all of the Jews, this was a relief. As a matter of fact, Yitzhak rather admired the Red Army soldiers of the Soviet Union. He thought they would be good because he thought Communism would be the end of his persecution. He was wrong. Before long, the German soldiers came and the Soviets fled like fleas. The Nazis began to terrorize the Jews right away and soon the deportation to labor camps began. Also, the non-Jewish members of their town had not forgotten that the Jewish people had supported the Soviet rule. Soon, they too were fighting against the Jews. At the end of this section, it shows Yitzhak in fear of being recruited by the Nazi soldiers.
1. shirtsleeved - not wearing a jacket or informally dressed
2. bulwark - a wall of earth or other material built for defense
3. provisional - serving for the time being only
4. aloof - at a distance or apart
5. marauders - people who roam or go about in quest of plunder
Entry Five - A New Home (p. 49-60)
March 24, 2011
On August 31, 1941, Yitzhak and his people were given a degree. It said that no Jews were allowed to be outside of their home from 3 p.m. to 10 a.m. Over the next couple days, thousands of Jews were taken, but no one knew where. Soon the answer became clear. They had been taken to Ponar, a nearby village, and shot to death. Soon after, another law was passed saying that all of the Jews in the city of Vilna were to move to a new ghetto a few miles away. Yitzhak was placed in a small room crammed with 11 people. On the second night, the Germans came in and invaded their privacy and took whatever they wanted. When the holiest holiday on the Jewish calendar, Yom Kippur, came around, the Germans kidnapped thousand of Jews from Ghetto One and completely exterminated Ghetto Two. Next came the job passes. If you didn't have a yellow job pass by the time the deadline came, you and your family were gone. Luckily, Yitzhak's mother came across one of the rare yellow passes and they were allowed to live. For the time being.
1. buffer - something at the end of a railroad car
2. imploring - to beg urgently or piteously
3. purges - to rid of what is impure or undesirable
4. blintz - a thin cake rolled around a filling that is cooked
5. coexist - to exist together or at the same time
Entry Six - Things are Looking Up (p. 61-70)
April 4, 2011
Soon after the circulation of the yellow passes finished, something else tragic happened. Yitzhak's favorite childhood teacher, Gershteyn died. He was loved by all of his students, and his death came as a heavy, heavy loss. He was buried on September 27, 1942. Almost exactly one month later, a new "club" opened for young students. Here, they could study and learn from various teachers from around the ghetto who wanted their young minds to become more dignified. It was a great place to be, and everyone had a good time there. On December 11, 1942, the club managed to get enough help to put together a small party. There was said to enough fun and food to go around! The next month, the scholars chose Yitzhak to be one of the helpers, or information gatherers, on their new History Research project. The goal was to collect as much information about the ghetto's occupants as possible, such as where they lived or what their job was. Most people were happy to reply; they thought it was good for the community if they did it. The section ends with Yitzhak giving a speech to several people in a home to try and persuade them to take the survey.
1. capitalism - an economic system where investment and distribution is controlled by one person or company
2. masthead - a line on the front page of a newspaper giving the name of the publication
3. exulted - to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy
4. folklore - the traditional beliefs, legends, or customs, of a certain people
5. zealously - filled of or inspired by an intense enthusiasm
Entry Seven - Yitzhak Learns the Truth (p. 71-80)
April 7, 2011
Overall, Yitzhak was a good student. He got mostly A's and B's, so he did just fine in school and understood everything. One thing that he did not understand, was why people had to steal from one another. Even within the ghetto, people were stealing just so that they could have more food for themselves. This ended up getting even more people killed because they were willing to kill for what they wanted and needed. Yitzhak's final entry appeared on April 7, 1943, exactly 68 years ago. He sounds very confused and betrayed by his people. In the end, we learned that the final liquidation of his ghetto happened on September 23, 1943. No one was ever heard from again.
1. flog - to beat with a whip for punishment
2. knout - a whip with a lash of leather thongs
3. fragmentation - the breakdown of a thought or relationship
4. liquidation - the process of terminating
5. partisan - an adherent supporter of a person, group, or cause
Entry Eight - Hiding for Moshe (p. 81-96)
April 7, 2011
Moshe Ze'ev Flinker was born in "The Hague" on October 9, 1926. He was in a family of five daughters and two sons and they all resided in Holland. He was 13 years old when the invasion of his home came about. In August 1941, he was no longer allowed at his old school. He was sent to an all Jewish school. About nine months later, the Stars of David came. He and his family were deep in shame along with other families as well. Soon, his father decided to take action. They snuck into Belgium to pass as "normal" Aryans. They got new ID tags and were successful in hiding. He was pretty happy and content because he was allowed to attend normal school and go to the movies like he used to. But then the time came where he had to lie about his name to some new friends that he had met. He felt extremely guilty and ashamed that he had to lie about his identity and who he was.
1. prohibition - an order or degree that prevents something from happening
2. semidivine - something more than mortal but less than ultimately perfect
3. ecstatic - a trancelike state of delight
4. wilt - to become limp or drooping
5. merit - a claim to excellence, respect, or worth
Entry Nine - Learning Something New (p. 109-114)
April 11, 2011
Soon after going into hiding, Moshe began listening to the news. He wanted to become informed on everything that happened to his people. Moshe began to feel guilty that his people were suffering and he was getting off free. He decided that he wanted to become a diplomat for Israel when he got older. So, he began studying Arabic, a totally different language than what he knew. He was so sure that he would survive to reach his dreams. His final entry was undated and called Twilight, the hour of the Minha. It spoke of how we are all witnesses, and few of us have any courage to change that. On April 7, 1944, exactly one year after Yitzhak's entry was dated, he and his family were arrested. They were taken to Auschwitz where they were killed.
1. attain - to reach, achieve, or accomplish
2. forestall - to prevent or hinder by action
3. diplomat - someone appointed by the government to conduct negotiations
4. inferno - a place or region that resembles another bad place
5. deliverance - when a thought or judgment is expressed
Entry Ten - The Story of Éva Heyman (p. 115-122)
April 11, 2011
Éva Heyman was born on Friday the 13th. She was born on February 13, 1933, in Nagyvárad, Romania. In the 1940s, one out of every five people in her village were Jewish. Her family was very well off, as a matter of fact, they had a cook and even a governess. She was very curious and full of energy when she was young. She was even occasionally called annoying by her mother. Éva felt jealous of her mother sometimes because whenever she was in the room, not all of the attention was directed on her. Her mother also didn't pay as much attention to her as she would have liked.
1. prosperous - having financial success or good fortune
2. jubilant - showing great joy or triumph
3. prominent - standing out so to be seen easily
4. shrewd - sharp in practical matters
5. ethnography - a branch of anthropology dealing with individual cultures
Entry Eleven - The Day the Germans Came (p. 123-135)
April 19, 2011
Éva wanted to become a photographer when she got older. As a child, she was actually very pretty. She had a charming smile, and she also had a boy she was convinced that she was in love with. But then, her world as she knew it ended. Her Uncle Béla was sent to Ukraine for "work." 15 months later he returned. Before long, her best friend, Márta was sent to Poland. She did not return. The next few months were crazy. Families were there one day and gone the next. On April 4, the stars of David were officially issued. Exactly one year later, Éva and her family were told they would have to move. They could have one change of clothes and only 110 lbs. of items to bring. Each.
1. assimilated - to absorb.. as in knowledge
2. swarthy - dark or dark feeling
3. massacre - the indiscriminate killing a large number of living beings
4. conscription - enrollment of persons for the military or navy
5. requisition - the act of demanding
Entry Twelve - Moving to their New Home (p. 136-148)
April 19, 2011
It is now the beginning of May in my story. Before long, the police came knocking on the door. It was their turn to be moved. They were loaded into a wagon and were sent to 20 Szacsvay St. They were to share their "apartment" with 13 others. Each person was allowed one bowl of beans and up to seven ounces of bread per day. Any more than that and you would be accused of smuggling. After a few weeks in their new home, every single person received a note on their door. It was a list for more than 80 rules about what they could and couldn't do. Upset and angry more than ever, Éva now took to writing in her diary. She describes how she wishes that she could live somewhere where no one know of her religion. Where she was treated the same as everyone else. Little did she know about what the future held.
1. commission - an authoritative order or charge
2. euphoria - feeling a happiness or well being
3. compulsory - required or mandatory
4. accord - to be in agreement or harmony
5. wherefrom - from which; whence
Entry Thirteen - Two Stories (p. 149-160)
April 23, 2011
It is the first week of June. At nine o'clock in the morning, Éva's train came for her and her family. They finally reached their destination a few days later. Éva was introduced to Dr. Josef Mengele. He was the cause of her death. Éva Heyman died on October 17, 1944 in Auschwitz.
Anne Frank was born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany. Her family was quite wealthy, and so her and her older sister Margot, got spoiled very much. In October of 1941, something unexpected. The girls received a notice that they would have to switch schools. They were now going to have to go to a Jewish High School. When the posters went up about concentration camps, the Franks decided to go into hiding. They disappeared from the face of the Earth in July, 1942.
1. tram - a British streetcar
2. postwar - the period following a war
3. pampered - to be spoiled
4. aviator - a pilot of an airplane
5. boisterous - rough and noisy
Entry Fourteen - Problems in Hiding (p. 161-172)
April 23, 2011
Anne was not happy. She felt that her parent did not understand her. She thought that they treated her as though she were a baby. During the first few weeks and months of hiding, she felt trapped and unable to breathe. However, as they stayed in there longer, she grew more accustomed to it and even wrote in her diary that it was amusing, fun, and interesting. Her fourteenth birthday came around. She thought that her family wouldn't, and couldn't do anything special like they used to. She prepared herself for perhaps a song and maybe a special treat. Imagine her surprise when she got a nice cake and plenty of presents! Anne said it was almost like she was back home, in the good old days.
1. twaddling - trivial or feeble talk or writing
2. distillation - the process of vaporation for puration or concentration
3. incessant - continuing without interruption
4. exuberant - lavishly and abundant
5. barbarous - uncivilized, wild or savage
Entry Fifteen - The Final Entry - (p.173-181)
April 25, 2011
Anne Frank felt ashamed. She didn't understand why she could be safe and hidden from the rest of the world while her friends were likely starving and out on the streets or being deported to other camps. As she considers the idea, she begins to grasp the idea of religion an why they are in the annex. She says that everyone should have a religion, it didn't matter which one. She said if nothing else, it should be for "upholding one's honor and conscience." Pretty soon, we can see a change in Anne. She is more quiet and reserved. She is still very optimistic and happy, because she has now become friends with Peter Van Daan. She enjoys his company very much and finds him so much different than how he was at the very beginning. On July 15, 1944, she writes perhaps her most famous quote in her diary. "... because in spite of everything, I believe that people are really good at heart." She realizes that her time in the annex is so much more enjoyable with someone like Peter to talk to. However, less than two months later, the thing they had been dreading happened. The Nazis found them. Four of them came. The people in the annex were taken to the camp of Westerbork, which was a transit camp in Holland. The adults and Peter were taken to Auschwitz and Margot and Anne were separated and taken to Bergen-Belsen. There they died of typhus and starvation in the winter of 1945.
1. lament - to feel regret or sorrow
2, fervently - showing great warmth or intensity of spirit
3. disposition - one's natural emotional outlook or mood
4. aberration - differing from the normal course
5. transit - to pass across or through
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